Kiir

I always said, the way he speaks and explains everything in his domain is a delight to my ears/brain. Respect to all Ripple employees and speakers, but David is the "GOAT", imho.

Read about it, took 3 weeks to think it through, couldn't find anything bad, bought it. Been 2 years now or so. I still don't see anything seriously wrong with it, I have no idea what the others are worried about. My guess is they invested more than they could spare *shrug* I believe that, IF they succeed with what they are trying to do, XRP could be worth a lot. Whether that's in 1 year or 20 years, doesn't matter. Either kids or someone from my family will inherit them or I'll get to earn some nice money. If it truly somehow fails in the end....oh well

Any cliffs, perhaps? No time to listen to it atm, but summary would be great!

My reaction to basically any Coppola tweet:

I guess I just live in a crappy country, then

I always wondered how come we can't have cards which, after reading your finger signature or something, show you the current (perhaps last updated) amount of money you have on that account. Seems so practical, instead of having to go to an ATM or check online. Guess we had to wait for crypto in order to have such cards xD

My bank, in Croatia, is getting rid of American Express cards EOY. New Visa cards will be available instead. The bank is part of Intesa Sanpaolo. Wondering if that has to do *anything* with this

Was talking on discord, someone mentioned UN, wanted to find the link, but only managed to find this topic Then someone else posted the link, so, here it is https://thexrpdaily.com/index.php/2019/01/14/united-nations-confirms-piloting-ripples-cross-border-payment-technology/

The usage is still lower than the needed amount for all of them to get additional XRP? Just a thought. Maybe a bit too vague, but hey

So, I recently watched a video with 4 guys, Head of Group Inovation, Societe Generale, Chief Marketing from Blockpass, Global head of strategic accounts Ripple and Head of blockchain and UK group inovation, UBS. Now we allI know how big Marcus Treacher is in the "blockchain world". I googled the rest a bit, but what I'm curious about it blockpass (PASS). Anyone know anything about it? I've checked the site, the idea is good. I was told "Civic is for KYC" but Blockpass guy was on the same stage as Marcus Treacher, which could mean maybe they have a good plan just like Ripple (subjective, I know, but bear with me) The link btw is: Am I completely overvaluing the fact he's up there with the rest of the guys who (seem?) to be far ahead in production/realisation/etc.? Am I seeing something that's not there, overthinking perhaps? is it simply a matter of paying enough to "sit with the big boys"? Any thoughts/ideas/suggestions/information regarding this and Blockpass (PASS) in general? EDIT: It's KYC coin, so to speak. I was told Civic is (was?) meant for this. blockpass.org is the site.

Was told he resigned but holds position till may/june. No idea how accurate that is, though.

My thoughts are probably the same as for any other "insider leaks". While I'm open to almost anything being true, there's always that "If it makes you money, why would you share if sharing means lowering your profit?" So, the motives are probably either: "Leaking" as shilling, to up the profit ""Leaking" nothing except own, personal opinion that may or may not be based on something substantial. On the other hand, there's certainly a scenario where XRP can jump from X to Y in a very short timeframe, no matter the exact numbers. EDIT: Just think of "betting insider leaks" or however you want to call them. If you have information to win a bet, why share? Why sell that info when the info itself lets you get (the same amount of) money? Not to mention more people betting actually lowers the odds, so you make less. No sense xD So.....NEXT!

Well, I had the same thought. Perhaps because I still strongly believe in XRP. Perhaps with other crypto's, I'd feel different? *scratches his beard*

Googling bspin.io, which is what my friend runs doesn't give much. Then again, it's a fairly new one, so I guess I couldn't have found anything. I also guess that's a good thing Any site that could actually do a more specific check for such a thing or do we all just resort to googling?

THat's actually not a bad idea. I used to play holdem for quite some time and thought of newcomers "paying me" in XRP sounds kinda nice xD Well, this casino has instant deposits (I thought all did *scratches his head*), though withdraws are possible after verifying deposit. Again, I thought this was the case with all casinos, lol xD